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5.3.4 Licensing inspectors. Effective Date: 10/01/2018

Lead Agencies will have policies and practices that ensure that individuals who are hired as licensing inspectors (or qualified monitors designated by the Lead Agency) are qualified to inspect child care providers and facilities and have received health and safety training appropriate to the provider setting and age of the children served. Training shall include, but is not limited to, those requirements described in 98.41(a)(1) and all aspects of the State's licensure requirements (658E(c)(2)(K)(i)(I); 98.42(b)(1-2)). a) To certify, describe how the Lead Agency ensures that licensing inspectors (or qualified monitors designated by the Lead Agency) are qualified to inspect child care facilities and providers and that those inspectors have received training on health and safety requirements that are appropriate to the age of the children in care and the type of provider setting (98.42(b)(1-2)). State of Nebraska Class Specification for a Child Care Inspection Specialist states that graduation from an accredited 4 year college or university with a specialization in elementary/early childhood education field, human development, child development, nursing, sociology, psychology or social work. Child Care Inspection Specialist receive on the job health and safety training and are crossed trained to be the training of the current Health and Safety Preservice for child care providers.

b) Provide the citation(s) for this policy or procedure Class code is X6710. This job specification may be found on the Nebraska Department of Administrative Services-State Personnel website.

5.3.5 The states and territories shall have policies and practices that require the ratio of licensing inspectors to child care providers and facilities in the state/territory to be maintained at a level sufficient to enable the state/territory to conduct effective inspections of child care providers and facilities on a timely basis in accordance with federal, state, and local laws (658E(c)(2)(K)(i)(III); 98.42(b)(3)). Effective Date: 10/01/2018

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